Never seen this one before. No idea if there’s any chance it could be accurate but my calculations show that I should be at 169lbs. I can dig it. Especially since I’m hovering near that weight now.

Any thoughts on this?

 

https://planetcalc.com/35/

 

 

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IMO opinion, it's the scale, the mirror, and how you feel. A combination of those. You wanna see muscle definition. The waist line is one of the most important markers for health. It had me close to my "Ideal weight", but I have a problem with the term "body-type". Let's say you are a long distant runner, you are going to have lean muscle tissue, or if you are a power lifter, you are going to have the fast twitch muscle tissue, and circumference on limbs is going to be different. So it's also what you do, your activity level, and what type of activity level. Though I believe being on the carnivore diet, exercise like lifting is quite important. 

I completely agree with you @Orweller.
I saw this as a, supposedly, more accurate measurement than the standard BMI that we all know is not accurate.
I just found it to be intriguing.


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It tells me I should be 147. That's 30 more pounds. I would be a toothpick, lol.

I didn't change the wrist circumference value. I really didn't undertand that variable anyway.

The calculator tells me i should be 65kg(143lbs) I am currently 150lbs, last year Ive been 140lbs, so that's totally in my range.
I did measure my wrist, its 17cm(6.7 inch) so my body constitution is asthenic according to the calculator.

If I lower my age factor (20-30kg), it tells me my weight should be 58kg(127lbs) uhmm that is really low, that was my weight when i was 18 orso.

1 hour ago, SuperCow said:

that was my weight when i was 18 orso.

I'm almost to that now. I was hovering around 165 my senior year and post high school, and that was after some weight loss too. I'm 175 now. If I went with the calculator and dropped to 147 I would be a skinny mini for sure, lol. But the guy that works with me is 6' or so and only 150 and he's super skinny, so maybe I could pull it off.

That's really interesting. I'm 178cm, 14 inch wrist, and it recommends 8.5 stone or 120lbs thereabouts. I think that's fair. Too often BMI takes no account of bone/frame size. If you have a slight build, you don't carry weight as well and someone with a larger frame.

On 3/1/2024 at 7:26 PM, butterfly said:

That's really interesting. I'm 178cm, 14 inch wrist, and it recommends 8.5 stone or 120lbs thereabouts. I think that's fair. Too often BMI takes no account of bone/frame size. If you have a slight build, you don't carry weight as well and someone with a larger frame.

The scale and the mirror, those are your friend. 

When I did this calculation it told me I should be 110lbs, honestly, I feel like that would be too skinny for me. I'm 5'4 and even in high school I was 115lbs and lots of people told me I looked too skinny. I think 110lbs for me would not be healthy at all. That's just my opinion though.  

When I did this calculation it told me I should be 110lbs, honestly, I feel like that would be too skinny for me. I'm 5'4 and even in high school I was 115lbs and lots of people told me I looked too skinny. I think 110lbs for me would not be healthy at all. That's just my opinion though.  

Those things can never take into account each individual person’s body composition so they are not necessarily accurate for each person. I just found that one interesting because it was so different than most you come across.


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10 hours ago, InMyOpinion said:

When I did this calculation it told me I should be 110lbs, honestly, I feel like that would be too skinny for me. I'm 5'4 and even in high school I was 115lbs and lots of people told me I looked too skinny. I think 110lbs for me would not be healthy at all. That's just my opinion though.  

There's a couple of factors to consider here. Were you on keto or carnivore in high school? Also, it's how you feel rather than what other people say. Our society is now so used to seeing fat people, that normal people are often called skinny, which I find ridiculous. 

That said, weight means nothing without considering body composition. It's a combination of bones, muscle, water, fat, etc. This is why it's so important to commit to weight training. Muscle tissue is heavier than fat. So one may look even leaner while weighing heavier. Muscles make all the different, not only in how we look when losing "weight", but also it is the health factor, the metabolism, that keeps us there, keeps us healthy. 

But yes, scale makes sense only with a good mirror, and some measuring tape. Weight alone means nothing. SO calculating weight alone is indeed silly unless you are obviously overweight. 

I think I agree with the formula.....

I am 6'4" and it calculated my target weight at 215lbs, with my wrist measurement.  I would like to get down to 225-230lbs, but I am also a weight lifter, so that extra 10-15lbs is muscle mass.

The Wife is 5'9" and it calculated her target weight at 152lbs, with her wrist measurement.  She feels that 145-150lbs is right for her.